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College House Families

Utsav Schurmans and his family are one of several “college house families” who call Penn’s college dormitories their permanent home. Living in a college house — and, for the children, growing up in one — is as normal and as “uniquely Penn” as one might expect it to be.


With oral arguments on a landmark affirmative action case set to begin in front of the nation’s highest court on Wednesday, members of the higher education world and the Penn community are continuing to express mixed hopes about the court’s ruling. VIDEO: Word on the Walk | Affirmative Action

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About 25 percent of this year’s incoming School of Veterinary Medicine class consists of students over the age of 25, according to the school’s admissions office. At the Perelman School of Medicine, more than 60 percent of incoming students over the past two years were non-traditional.


In 2011 there was still a sizeable percentage of students who went into industries other than financial services and consulting. These jobs do not traditionally recruit through OCR. VIDEO: Word on the Walk | OCR Alternatives


With oral arguments on a landmark affirmative action case set to begin in front of the nation’s highest court on Wednesday, members of the higher education world and the Penn community are continuing to express mixed hopes about the court’s ruling. VIDEO: Word on the Walk | Affirmative Action









Endowment returns 2011-12

On the heels of Penn reporting a 1.6-percent investment return in FY 2012, Harvard University announced an investment loss of 0.05 percent. In contrast, Yale University posted a 4.7-percent return, ending FY 2012 with an endowment of $19.3 billion.






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In the midst of the Quakers’ 1-0 loss, their seventh defeat by one goal, star forward Duke Lacroix went down with a leg injury early in the second half that could lead to trouble for the Red and Blue moving forward.



The bigger space will be able to accommodate more customers and increase its capacity by around 50 percent. VIDEO: Word on the Walk | Off-Campus Dining MULTIMEDIA: 3716 Spruce St.over the years